Key to Beating the Bills

The Jets are heading to Buffalo to play the 0-3 and "beat up" Buffalo Bills. This team not only has lost its first 3 games, 2 of them by blowouts, but it has been dealing with a bundle of injuries to key personnel.

The team will start a rookie quarterback making his first NFL start. It is missing 2 starters in the secondary and 2 at the linebacker position as well. It is a team that is currently in disarray.

So why do I think this game will still be a tough one to win?

I have several reasons to feel this way. The first being that the Bills still have a BIG offensive line and a more than capable rookie running back in Marshawn Lynch. This will allow Trent Edwards to manage the game and not HAVE to win it for Buffalo. The Jets defense has already proven to all of us that it can't stop the run no matter who is carrying it. That combination already almost guarantees a close contest.

We can add to the fact that the Bills defense still has some very formidable pass rushers, especially Aaron Schobel. Also, the game is being played at Buffalo, which is never an easy place to play no matter what.

So there are plenty of reasons to believe this game will be close.

It will be up to the Jets offense to control the game much like it did in the second half of the Dolphins game last week. Chad Pennington will need to lead a balanced attack under the protection of the offensive line and dictate the game to the Bills. A solid running game with Jones and Washington, short passes that move the chains and NO turnovers. That will be the key to the Jets getting out of Buffalo with a .500 record.

A little help from a special teams return for a score, or any return for a score for that matter, certainly wouldn't hurt either. The Jets seem to have a nice history getting all kinds of returns for scores against Buffalo over the last several years. No sense in breaking the trend this week!

Jets Fan Sues Belichick and Patriots
In a story that continues to get more and more ridiculous, a Jets fan is now suing Belicheat and the Pats organization for "deceiving customers." Carl Mayer of Princeton Township, N.J. filed the suit on behalf of all Jets season ticket holders. This in response to the Patriots being caught cheating by videotaping the Jets coaches during the teams game in week one.